Pages

My Blog List

Followers

In March 2011, our girls performed at the Heartlight Cochin International Film Festival in the opening ceremonry. I was invited to inaugurate the festival and four of our team members, Sowndharya, Sandhiya, Selvi and Abinaya did a wonderful dance and performance at the opening ceremony. It was also the first flight trip for Sandhiya, Selvi and Abinaya. They enjoyed the whole experience. Most importantly, they also earned money by performing very professionally. We have come a long way :)

Post a Comment

About the Troupe

The Liberation Performing Arts Troupe is India's first performing Arts troupe with all the artists being transgenders. It was a dream project of Kalki Subramaniam, a transwoman activist, author, artist and entrepreneur. It was started in 2010.

Our websites

About Kalki

Kalki is an activist, author and an actor. She is a well known activist in India working on transgender rights. She is also the founder of Sahodari Foundation, an organization working
for the social, economic and political empowerment of transgender
persons in India.

A transsexual woman herself, Kalki holds two Master’s degrees - First one
in Journalism and Mass Communication and the second in International
Relations.She fiercely campaigns for social,
political, and economic equity and rights of transgender and intersex
people.

Through Sahodari Foundation, Kalki works within the transgender community on several issues, for example, by creating empowerment programs like entrepreneurship training which can positively change the poor transgenderand intersex people’s livelihood choices – a life away from begging, a life with dignity. She also provides counseling and guidance for a better life after transitioning. With the public, she advocates against transgender discrimination and hatred and voices for inclusion of transgender and intersex people at all levels. She has lectured in numerous prestigious institutions like IIT Madras, Jindal Global Law School, National Judicial Academy and many more institutions across India. She has also represented India in seminars internationally.

On the professional side, Kalki is an actress, short documentary film maker, script writer and a published author. Her collection of poetry in Tamil titled 'Kuri Aruthean' was published recently by reputed publishing house Vikatan publishers. She is currently working two of her books, her first English book and her second Tamil book.

On February 21st 2009, Kalki was awarded the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' by the Lioness Club of Chennai in appreciation of her transgender rights advocacy work. She has received several awards for her contribution towards transgender rights. Kalki was one of the major campaigners behind the Indian Supreme Court's verdict legalising transgender as Third Sex in the country.

In October 2010, Ms.Kalki was invited by the government of the United States of America for a 16 days Human Rights activism & Awareness program through IVLP to Washington DC, New York and SaltLake City. She is the first transsexual foreign national to be invited by the United States government.She has also been invited internationally to speak on marginalized people's rights.

Kalki's debut in Indian film world happened with 'Narthaki', an offbeat film about the life journey of a transsexual woman - her quest for happiness, love and finding her identity and true happiness. She became the first transsexual film star in India to do a lead role in a major feature film.

In 2012, she was honoured with an invitation to the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi to participate in the swearing in ceremony of Chief Justice of India Honourable Altamas Kabir.

In 2013, Junior Chamber International Pondicherry White Town presented her the Outstanding Social Worker Award.

In 2015, for her turmoil account of life through poetry in her Tamil book 'Kuri Aruthaen', she received the Best Poet award from Born2Win Trust, Chennai.